Buckle.



"T. W. MEREDITH.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION MLBD MAY 23, 1912.

1,059,746, Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

WIT/VESSES MOM THOMAS W, MEREDITH, 0F NEW YORK, N.

BUCKLE.

Speoi'catidn of Letters Patent.

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vApplication led May 23, 1912. Serial No. 699,091.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS W. lllnnnnrrH,y

a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan of the city, county, and State ot New York, have invented certain new and useful T111-, proveniente in Buckles, of which the followf the body vof the buckle ing is a specification.

The invention relates to buckles and parti'cularly to such as are worn for ornamental purposes on slippers or the like.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide the buckle with al supporting orl holding bar thathas a portion inclined to the general face of the buckle and constructed so that the buckle can be secured in a substantially upright or vertically extending'position on an inclined or substantially horizontally extending portion` of a shoe member.

Another object of the invention is to provide the buckle with a bar that is unsymmetrical and shaped so that the buckle can be secured and held by onel portion of the bar in a substantially upright position, and so that by the'mere reversal of the buckle it can be held by another portion of the bar in a. substantially horizontal or more nearly horizontal position than that which it pr'eviously occupied.

The invention also relates tothe specific construction of the buckle supporting or holding bar. V

As showing aspecific embodiment'of the invention and the manner in which the same may be utilized, reference is made to the drawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of aslipper with the buckle secured thereto'in a comparatively upright position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the forward portion of the slipper and buckle shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 ,of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar to that shown in Fig. 3, but in Fig. 4 the buckle is secured to the slipper in a reversed position so that the face `of the buckle occupies a more inclined or more nearly a substantially horizontally extending position. F. ig. 5 is a rear view of the buckle provided with a filling pice. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the buckle and filling piece, looking in the direction of the arrow 6 shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing the lets O and N,

cally extending position.

body of the buckle and the supporting bar secured to the rear portion thereof.

The slipper is designated by the reference character A and has secured thereto the buckle B. This buckle comprises the body C and the supporting or holding bar D secured to the rear portion of the body. As is open at E a lining piece, preferably of the same material as the slipper, is inserted between the body and the bar. This lining piece is designated by the reference character F and has notched portions G and H to receive the ends of the bar and to hold the filling piece in place.

'It will be observed that the supporting bar. clearly shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 7 is curved and unsymmetrical and that the lower portion I of the bar, as shown in Fig. 3, extends gradually rearwardly and u wardly and that the upper portion K of the bar extends slowly rearwardly and suddenly downwardly from the body, thus causing the main portion of the bar to be curved and to bulge from the body. rllhe portion I is provided with t'he eyelet L and theV notches M-M which are located at opposite sides of the bar between the eyelet and the body of the buckle. The portion K of the bar is provided with the eyelets N and 0. Now, when t-he buckle is secured to the slipper by sewing through the eyelet L and over the bar so that the thread enters the notches MM, the buckle will .be firmly secured in a comparatively upright position as shownin Fig. 3. Y If the buckle is secured in a reversed position, that is to say, so that the part X shown `n F'i 3 occupies the position shown in Fig. 4, an the thread is passed through the eyethe buckle will be secured in a more nearly horizontal position than that which is shown in Fig. 2. It will thus be observed that the portion I of the bar makes a substantial angle with the face X-Y of the buckle and that therefore, when this portion of thelbar is secured to the comparatively horizontally extending portion P--Q of the slipper the face of the buckle will occupy the comparatively upright or verti- With this construction it becomes unnecessary, when it is desired to secure the buckle in a comparatively upright position, to insert any backing or filling substances to maintain the buckle in the upright position. In order that the body of the buckle may conform to the curve of the shoe, the body extends inwardly.

and forwardly from the side edges and the supporting bar is directly secured to.the rear side of the body.

The lining piece F can be readily inserted or removed at will by merely `bending and sliding the same between the bar and the body of the buckle, as will be obvious from an inspection of the drawings.

Itis obvious t-hat various forms and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

lV hat I claim 1s:

1. A shoe buckle comprising a front or body and a 1supporting bar at the rear of the body which said supporting bar is unsymmetrically shaped in such manner that the buckle can be secured to a shoel at different angles to the horizontal.

2. A 'buckle having an upwardly extending body and a bar secured to the rear thereof, the body extending inwardly and forwardly from the side edges, the lower portion of the bar extending from the body rearwardly and upwardly, the upper portion of the bar extending from the body rearwardly and downwardly, the lower portion of the bar making a greater angle with the buckle body than does the upper portion.

3. A buckle having a body and a supporting bar therefor having a plurality of surfaces arranged to be secured in contact with a shoe upper and in such relation that the buckle may be secured thereby to a shoe at various angles to the horizontal.

4. A buckle comprising a body and a bar on the rear side thereof, having a portion which extends upwardly and rearwardly a material distance, whereby 'the buckle can be secured to the top of a slipper in a comparatively upright position.

5. A buckle comprising a body and a bar on the rear side thereof, having a portion which extends upwardly and rearwardly a material distance, whereby the buckle can be secured to the top of a slipper in a comparatively upright position, said portion of the bar being provided with an eyelet.

6.. A shoe buckle having at a side thereof a notched supporting bar unsymmetrically shaped in such manner that the buckle can be secured to the shoe at dierent angles to the horizontal.

7. A buckle comprising an upwardly extending body and a bar upon the rear side, said bar having a portion inclined rearwardly and upwardly, said portion being provided with an eyelet, and notches on opposite sides thereof between the eyelet and the body.

8. An ornamental buckle for shoes comprising a body portion and asupporting bar having a lower end portion which extends rearwardly and upwardly from the body portion, and an upper end portion which extends rearwardly and downwardly in such a manner that the buckle can be secured to the shoe at various angles to the horizontal.

9. A buckle supporting bar having a lower portion which extends rearwardly and upwardly and an upper portion which extends downwardly and rearwardly, the lower por tion being provided with an eyelet and notches at opposite sides thereof, and the upper portion being provided with a plurality of eyelets, one portion making a greater angle with the buckle than the other portion when said bar is in place on the buckle body.

10. An ornamental buckle having a body and supporting portions, one portion making a greater angle with the buckle body than the other portion and arranged so that the buckle can be secured tothe upper Aportion of the shoe in different positions relative to the horizontal.

This specilication signed and. witnessed this 22d day of May, A. D. 1912.

THOMAS W. MEREDITH. Signed in the presence of G. MCGRANN, EDWIN A. PACKARD. 

